Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
The King County assessor's office was working overtime to prepare tax statements to show what soon -to- be- evacuated Japanese owed on their personal property. An accompanying photo showed county employees working on the statements
Demonstrates that Asian American male and female writers engage different strategies in the struggle to adapt, reflecting their particular, gender-based relationships to immigration, work, and cultural representation.
